MCZ Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1130

Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) phalerata (Lyman, 1874)

Holotype of Ophionephthys phalerata

Date Collected:

1800-01-01/1899-12-31

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Western Central: Philippines | [no specific locality data]

Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1130 Description: Original handwritten specimen labels;  Aspect: labels

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1130 Description: Bottom of brittle star with mouth visible.;  Aspect: ventral

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1130 Description: Top of brittle star with a view of the disc.;  Aspect: dorsal

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Media type: image;   Invertebrate Zoology OPH-1130 Description: View of whole brittle star on copy stand shot from an angle.;  Aspect: whole specimen

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Current Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: [no agent data] on 2015-03-02
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identification
Animalia Echinodermata Ophiuroidea Ophiurida Amphiuridae
Determiner: Theodore Lyman IIIlinked data icon in 1874
Nature of ID: type ID

Lyman 1874, page 229, Holotype of Ophionephthys phalerata Lyman, 1874 Plate VI, Figs 7-9
Media type: text; Lyman 1874 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. III no. 10;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: partial arm; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-10-14
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2022-10-14   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2022-10-14
associated grant Documenting Marine Biodiversity through Digitization of Invertebrate Collections (DigIn) By: Alana Rivera 2023-03-21
Remarks: Lot photographed

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Philippines
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Philippines
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0000000°, 122.000000° (Error radius: 927595m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-11-05 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1800-01-01 / 1899-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • late 1800s
  • Collector:
  • Carl Semper

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